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#2068 · 🦈 sharks & rays

Gulf Wobbegong

Orectolobus halei

LCleast concern 🦈 Sharks & rays 📍 outside Europe
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Richard Ling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  2. 2. © Tony Strazzari · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Marine Explorer (Dr John Turnbull) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  4. 4. © stathi · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Ken Graham · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. New South Wales, Australia:© Loren Mariani · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. 1 Bower Ln, Manly NSW 2095, Australia:© Pete McGee · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. Great Lakes, AU-NS, AU:© Gina · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. Tathra NSW 2550, Australia:© scottsnsw · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. Port Noarlunga Reef - Inner South, SA 5167, Australia:© Janine Baker · CC BY-NC 4.0
Gulf Wobbegong, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Richard Ling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

what is it?

The Gulf wobbegong or banded wobbegong ( Orectolobus halei ) is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in southern Australia between Southport, Queensland and Norwegian Bay, Western Australia.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 1,026iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 1,026 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Gilbert Percy Whitley in 1940 (86 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Gulf Wobbegong
scientific name
Orectolobus halei
class
Chondrichthyes
order
Orectolobiformes
family
Orectolobidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings worldwide
1,026
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1940 by Gilbert Percy Whitley

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Orectolobidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 63642, Wikidata Q31497, GBIF 2417557, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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